Breaking-The Shirley Sherroding of Ron Sparks Continues~Sigh

Thanks to Rep. Artur Davis' role in helping to pick federal nominees for the Obama administration, The Obama Justice Department, staffed by leftovers from the Bush administration, swooped in this morning and arrested casino owners, Alabama state legislators and lobbyists in what is being billed as a federal political corruption investigation, but looks more like political prosecutions designed to taint the upcoming Nov. 2 election.

It's DejaVoodoo all over again...
What shocks me, even more, is that Ron Sparks wasn't indicted as well. Milton McGregor is Sparks' biggest donor.

It's a sad day for liberty and justice for all;

“Anyone who loves democracy and freedom should be concerned with the timing of these indictments,” he said. “Waiting to announce indictments after the election would have had no impact on the cause of justice. The timing of this, regardless of how you feel about it, is suspicious and must be questioned.” Alabama Democratic Gubernatorial nominee Ron Sparks

You know the drill, take a snippet from a comment by Ron Sparks and spin it like a top to suit your own political purpose.

It is now official, everyone running for office in Alabama is a conservative, including Democrat Ron Sparks.

The writer makes this conclusion by taking a snippet Ron Sparks response to the charge by his opponent he is the most liberal candidate in the governors' race like that's a bad thing, but I digress.

"I'm conservative," Sparks said. "I'd like to know one thing that I've done to consider me the most liberal in the history of this state. I’ve created jobs, I'm fiscally responsible and I’ve helped business, helped consumers."

The writer further concludes Ron Sparks is saying liberals don't create jobs, are not fiscally responsible, don't help businesses and consumers and accuses him of being unwilling to challenge conservative framing.

In CONTEXT that is exactly what Ron Sparks said.
Without preamble, Bentley applied the “L” word to his Democratic opponent, an unflattering reference in conservative Alabama. “I’m running against the most liberal Democratic candidate that’s ever run for governor,” Bentley said.

Bentley went on to label himself as an abortion foe who opposes illegal immigration. And the retired Tuscaloosa physician said he opposes nationalized health care, while “my opponent favors it.”

“I believe in state sovereignty,” while Sparks does not Bentley charged.

In a race that pretty much has avoided personal attacks, Bentley’s reference to Sparks ratcheted up the rhetoric and prompted a reply from the two-term agriculture commissioner from Fort Payne.

“I’m conservative,” Sparks said. “I’d like to know one thing that I’ve done to consider me the most liberal in the history of this state. I’ve created jobs, I’m fiscally responsible and I’ve helped business, helped consumers.”

Sparks said Bentley’s campaign is about “rhetoric, sound bites, and gimmicks.”

“If I didn’t have a plan I’d be saying that, too,” Sparks said last week. “There’s not one thing you hear in one of his speeches, that ‘I’m going to move Alabama forward, I’m going to educate children and build highways.’ ”

The headline in Bentley's hometown paper reads; Governor's race leader is Bentley, polls show, Who are they polling the anti-abortion rights, anti-immigration, anti-Obama voters, anti health care, anti-public education voters? Yep.

The Bentley camp is counting on the segment of uninformed/misinformed voters who hate "liberals" more than they love themselves. That is the only possible explanation why they are supporting a candidate who has access to health care, who has an education, whose wife/daughter/sister/niece can afford to choose to have a safe, legal abortion, but doesn't want them to have the same. As Mister T used to say "I pity the fools."

Bentley went on to label himself as an abortion foe who opposes illegal immigration. And the retired Tuscaloosa physician said he opposes nationalized health care, while “my opponent favors it.”

Dr. Robert Bentley is the only real conservative in the Governor's race;

Bentley is a 67-year-old retired dermatologist and two-term state representative who emerged from the back bench in the House, where his party is in the minority, to become the front runner in the governor’s race.

He stumbled briefly earlier in the campaign when one of his ads nearly claimed he was a Vietnam veteran. In fact, he served stateside during the Vietnam War as a young physician in North Carolina. Sparks is a Coast Guard veteran.

Bentley said he is not a Tea Party member but has unwavering views about government’s role. Translation- He is not a member of the Tea Party but he agrees with them. Shades of Mo Brooks.

“I want government to get out of the way,” he said. Translation-I'm running to be the government of Alabama so I can get out of the way.

Wake up and smell the coffee people!

“He needs to be more specific on solutions because what’s going to happen is we have a tremendous budget failure and we have to get more revenue. Being anti-Washington is a popular stance, but the reality is how is this going to relate to the state?

“People want to hear anti-establishment rhetoric and that resonates with a lot of people right now, but you still have to have solutions to all these problems because the challenge of the next governor is you have to have the support of people as you come into office.”

Other than calling Ron Sparks a liberal (like that's a bad thing) What's your plan Dr. anti health care reform, anti-government, anti-women, anti-immigration reform, anti-education, Bentley? We know exactly what you stand against, but we don't have a clue what you stand for. Strike that, yes we do. You stand for maintaining the status quo.

Psst Ron Sparks! Embrace your liberalness, wear it like a badge of honor. Remember we liberals are right and conservatives are wrong. Take this opportunity to educate low information voters how they are being used to make the rich richer and the rest get the shaft. keep them poor.

Alaska's Joe Miller Wants to Abolish Federal Minimum Wage

Ron Sparks wants to create jobs, republicans kill jobs for political sport.

Date that Republicans used Senate rules to block an extension of the TANF Emergency Fund that directly subsidized jobs for the unemployed in government, nonprofits and small businesses: 9/28/2010

Date that the program expired: 9/30/2010

Amount of money the program had given states for job creation: $1 billion

Number of jobs the program created nationwide for unemployed parents and youth: nearly 250,000

Number of jobs the program created in the South*: 86,827

Democrat Ron Sparks says he's a fiscally responsible candidate who created jobs, helped small businesses and helped consumers. All the things conservatives claim to be/do but aren't/don't. I don't have a problem with Sparks saying he is a fiscal conservative. At least he didn't vote against health care reform for his personal, political gain.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Artur Davis, D-Birmingham, announced today that he will vote against the version of health care reform legislation pending in the U.S. House.

The decision means all three Democrats from Alabama will defy their party leadership on the biggest domestic policy agenda item of the year.

The economy is really bad thanks to the conservative republican non-agenda. People are suffering thanks to the conservative republican non-agenda. Vote for the man with a plan, not the man with the anti-government rhetoric and spin.

Don't fall for the Rope A Dope. Ron Sparks is not the one running as a conservative democrat. He is running as a Democrat.

The trick, of course, would be to convince those constituencies that their interests are not opposed at all.

Run Ron Run!